Nielsen Wire » Katie Couric: Grammy Spcl(S)-02/04/2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, February 4, 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-february-4-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-february-4-2009/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:58:26 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=8035 FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, February 4, 2009 with 26.4 and 13.0 million average viewers.

ABC’s “Lost” rounded out the top three with 11.0 million average viewers respectively.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 26,384,000
2 LIE TO ME FOX 12,993,000
3 LOST ABC 11,012,000
4 LAW AND ORDER NBC 8,636,000
5 CRIMINAL MINDS – 8PM SPCL(S)-02/04/2009 CBS 8,384,000
6 CSI: NY CBS 7,533,000
7 LIFE NBC 6,733,000
8 KATIE COURIC: GRAMMY SPCL(S)-02/04/2009 CBS 6,551,000
9 FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED UNI 6,021,000
10 LIFE ON MARS ABC 5,763,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (February 4, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 7.5 million average viewers. ABC and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.2 million and 6.8 million average viewers.
UNI and the TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 5.0 million
and 1.3 million average viewers, respectively.

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